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D-600 wireless drops out
I have a D600 with 2100 wireless card trying to receive signal from Linksys BEFW11S4 ver. 4 wireless router. I have had so much trouble with it dropping out that i purchased a usb wireless adapter from Linksys. I am having much better luck with staying on line. I would like to hear from users using Dell router or other brands that actually work without dropping connection every 15 to 20 minutes.
I have a Dlink 614+ router that I use with my latitude 600. With the internal card, I used to have lots of disconnect problems that I have consulted this board about but have not ever found a solution. Lately the connection has been just fine and I have no idea what has made the difference unless the colder temperatures have something to do with it. In the meantime, I bought the Dlink card for laptops and got great connections. I hooked up a Dlink G band router over the holidays and the my Dlink card worked good with it at 11 Mbps. I have had good success with the Dlink products.
Message Edited by drgibson on 12-30-2003 04:02 PM
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Posted December 30th, 2003 14:00
I think the 2100 is a piece of junk and Dell should stop using it. I have had the same problem with the Intel 802.11b cards for laptops. One in an IBM laptop, and the other in my Dell. Good thing my Cisco Aironet PC Card works beautifully, or I wouldn't be able to use my laptop for anything but games.
- Does anyone have a suggestion on a replacement for the 2100 intel card that will work in the Dell Latitude D-600. I sent this question to Dell Support and they answered with an email that they didn't know much about wireless and that i should call their wireless support tech, i asked them to forward my question to the right group. I would like to hear from someone who has changed this card out.
Message Edited by powerjoe2 on 12-31-2003 06:06 PM
a couple of comments here:
#1, I have the 2100 equipped version of the d600 working just fine with a Microsoft base station and several other wireless networks, just want to upgrade my home network to the 802.11 'g' spec base station I just bought.
#2, when I bought the d600 the big sales factor was the pentium "m" and chipset that would not only speed up various operations but since wireless support was built in no external board was required. But there was no discussion of upgrading that board, so I look forward to seeing the answer to your post.
- A few suggestions:
First. It sounds like you are experiencing the "Centrino" power saving feature. Even when in use the system will think that the card needs to go into power saving mode. To disable it, either use the PROSet utility or do it in Device Manager for the card. Using PROSET, go onto the Adapter tab and click the Configure button in the Power Saving box; set the card to Manual with the slider bar to Maximum Performance. In Device Manager, get the properties of the card and then go to the Advanced tab, choose the Power Saving option (can't remember the exact names for them now) in the Properties box, and choose the Maximum Performance for the Value.
Second: Since you have not stated what version of the firmware you are using for the Linksys, I will go out on a limb here. Linksys has released firmware updates for their other routers and naming specifically the Centrino based cards as being a component to the update. The latest version for this router's firmware at this time is v1.50.
Last: This card by default is using Open Authenication, and Linksys by default set to use both Shared Key and Open Authenication. Try setting the Authenication type to just Open. You can find it in the Advanced -> Wireless section in the router's configuration.
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Posted December 27th, 2003 01:00